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Geothermal Energy in ArgentinaInvestment Projects 2010

Valle del Cura (San Juan) Project

• The geothermal fields (29° 35 'latitude south and 69°

45' west longitude) are located in the Northwest high

cordillera (aprox. 3.800 m.a.s.l.) Central Andes of

San Juan province, Argentina, 10 to 20 km away

from the Argentina-Chile border. The location is

known locally as “Valle del Cura”.

• The landscape is dominated for an elevated flat area

elongated N-S bordered to East and West by

mountain chains.

• The red dot shows the area of mining rights of

Geotermia Andina.

• The following page include a detailed graph of the

region.

Location

• In 1914, De Thierry briefly discovered the abundance

of hot-springs spots in Valle del Cura area.

• From 1982 to 1985 many consulting firms performed

grass-roots exploration in the area (Geomines SA,

Hydroproyectos SA, etc) and describe the interesting

geothermal features, suggesting continuing with the

exploration to define the capability of electric power

generation.

• From 1985 to date no serious researching has been

done related to geothermic in the area, mainly

because of the lack of market for a possible electrical

generation capacity.


Background

Las Tortolas volcano and its related coladas and ignimbrites.

Source: Geotermia Andina SA

• The properties consist on five mining concessions

with a total amount of 21.000 hectares covering 95%

of the geothermal fields in the region.

• The figure shows the location of the mining rights.

Argentina

Chile


Mining Rights Area



Details of hot-spring location, temperature and geo-thermometers (in Celsius).


Sample# East North

Na-K Fournier(ºC)

Ca-Na Tonani(ºC)

Ca-K Tonani (ºC)

M1207-1 2431501 6772909

184 156 254

M1207-2 2431491 6772870

185 154 158

M1207-3 2435717 6768006

219 340 267

M1207-4 2427793 6725753

210 220 205

M1207-5 2427799 6725749

208 400 210

M1207-6 2427796 6725745

199 390 205

M1207-7 2423990 6717061

230 253 157

M1207-8 2424000 6717062

235 310 165

Tuzgle – Tocomar (Salta-Jujuy) Project

Location

• The geothermal field Tuzgle-Tocomar (23° 55 'latitude south

and 66° 05' west longitude), is located in the central plateau of

La Puna, elevated over 4000 m.a.s.l. within the border of

Salta-Jujuy provinces in Argentina.

• Research is currently going through the final stage of pre-

feasibility, which has been studied in detail an area of

approximately 900 square kilometers.

• It is the most studied geothermal field in the Northwest of

Argentina. Between 1978 and 1995 there was a sequence of

studies that spanned from grass-roots until the delimitation of

an area where deep exploratory wells should be executed.

• The red dot shows the area of mining rights of Geotermia

Andina.

• The following page include a detailed graph of the region




Tuzgle Volcano.

• The property consists of six

mining concessions which

include an aggregate total of

25,416 hectares covering

almost 60% of the geothermal

fields.

• The figure shows the location

of the mining rights.

Mining Rights



Details of hot-spring location, temperature and geo-thermometers (in Celsius).



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Tuzgle3446468 7342591 4200 142 223 217 229 156 56

Mina Betty 3455940 7335820 4300 58 67 186 215 156 21

Tocomar 3443452 7326139 4300 160 338 227 194 151 80

Antuco 3434085 7324003 4210 235 NA 239 NA NA 28

Pompeya 3462762 7319225 3900 213 NA 224.5 212.5 133.8 56

Anetta (Salta) Project

The project is located close to

Rosario de la Frontera City, 170 km

south from Salta’s capital province,

Argentina.

The landscape is dominated by

flat areas and mountain ridges

elongated North-South.

Land is used for cattle, soy beam-

sunflower-tobacco and sugar cane

crops. Together, there are many

industries for processing those

commodities.

Location



Local sign indicating hot spring (87º).



PROPERTIES

The property

consists on one

mining concession

with a total amount of

6553 hectares,

covering almost

100% of the

geothermal field.


Sample #

Geo

Tº_

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Geo

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M1 203 130.0 89.2

M2 270 130.0 75.6

M3 220 129.0 84.3

M4 175 124.0 52.8

M5 263 127.0 76.2

M6 261 96.0 25

M7 ND ND 68

M8 ND ND 72

M9 ND ND 76

M10 ND ND 63.2

M11 ND ND 79

M12 ND ND 84

M13 ND ND 99

M14 ND ND 87



Investment Projects – Argentina - 2010

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